If your child has Type 1 diabetes, you have your hands full. We have all kinds of articles about diabetes and children, particularly kids and…
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Counting your carbohydrates – or carb counting, as it’s usually known – is a useful tool for any person with diabetes (Type 1 or Type…
Ask the dietician: Genevieve Jardine From our community: “As the mom of a diabetic child, I’m constantly wondering what to make her that is delicious…
When Vickie de Beer’s son Lucca was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, she started a journey that ended with her publishing an award-winning cookbook and…
When Roxanne and Derick de Villiers wanted to enroll their son Noah in pre-school, they didn’t think diabetes would be an issue. When it turned…
From Facebook (Diabetic South Africans): Belinda wants to know if there are any parents of Type 1 diabetic kids out there… Want to share advice?…
If there’s one question we get all the time, it’s about the insulin pump: what is it, how it works and how to get it…
Of all the sports a diabetic could choose, ice skating – with its precision, edge of danger and need to be feeling 100% every time…
Children with diabetes often experience stigma. Carine Visagie explains how to make life easier for your child. When Njabulo Dlamini was diagnosed with diabetes at…
If you met Shiara Pillay, a happy, healthy and confident 21-year-old who loves Art and is studying International Relations and Diplomacy, you wouldn’t guess that…
Ask the dietician: Genevieve Jardine From our community: “Being newly diagnosed, I am learning about foods that I can and can’t use. I cannot find…
We were just sent this advice about raising children with diabetes… It takes a family to raise a diabetic child, as we all know! Do…
Remember when low carb wasn’t as well known as it is today? We do! Here’s an article from Sweet Life magazine published a few years…
Just diagnosed with diabetes Ask the dietician: Genevieve Jardine When someone is newly diagnosed with diabetes, it’s helpful to start with very simple dietary advice…
Hello! My granddaughter who has Type 1 diabetes is going with us for 2 weeks to Mauritius by boat. I am very unsure how to…
Image credit If you’re trying to find a way to put together healthy lunchboxes and snacks that still taste great, check out these great tips…